On Mumsnet This Week... ; Is It Ever Ok to Lie to Your Children? [Eire Region]

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THIS week, the members of mumsnet.com are asking, 'Do you lie to your children?' A poster writes: 'You parents who tell their children Father Christmas doesn't exist, how far does truth-telling go?'

BEING a mother doesn't come with a job description, but if it did, the ability to lie with a straight face would come pretty high on the list of desirable attributes. We collude with dreams of fairies, assure them that children never die, and look baffled when the last Easter Egg mysteriously disappears after mammy's night in.

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On Mumsnet This Week... ; Is It Ever Ok to Lie to Your Children? [Eire Region]

Of course not all parents believe in 'lying' to children. Some adopt a stern, Stalin...

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